Articles about Police

Seattle Police Dept. launches new registry to pull private camera footage for investigations

Seattle wants to tap into residential security camera footage to aid police investigations. The Seattle Police Department recently launched Connect… Read More

Protesters occupy Microsoft president’s office at Redmond HQ in latest action over Israel contracts

Protesters infiltrated the Microsoft building in Redmond where CEO Satya Nadella and other top executives have their offices Tuesday afternoon,… Read More

Microsoft calls protest a ‘destructive’ act by outsiders; group alleges police brutality in arrests

Microsoft and protesters offered sharply conflicting accounts of a demonstration that led to 20 arrests on the company’s Redmond campus… Read More

Redmond, Wash., police roll out more public safety tech with license plate reader cameras

The Redmond Police Dept. is deploying Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) across the city as a means to respond more… Read More

‘It’s a game-changer’: Seattle touts high-tech Real Time Crime Center amid privacy concerns

The Seattle Police Department has formally launched a new high-tech operations center designed to help officers fight crime in real… Read More

Seattle lawmakers approve GPS tracking tech for police pursuits

The Seattle City Council voted 8-1 on Tuesday to authorize the Seattle Police Department’s use of GPS tracking devices designed… Read More

Seattle-area police use adhesive GPS trackers to catch fleeing suspects, prevent high-speed chases

The Redmond Police Department implemented new GPS technology last month that has helped result in three arrests. The technology, called… Read More

How technology is trying to address bias in policing — and why experts say it won’t be enough

For the past few months, Axon has been reviewing its products and internal policies with an eye toward racial equity,… Read More

Smart camera founder gets Wyze to car prowler and uses his own tech to catch criminal in action

When Dave Crosby, one of the co-founders of Seattle-based Wyze Labs, was the victim of a robbery this summer, he… Read More

Amazon disavows Mississippi police program that plans to use Ring cameras for real-time surveillance

Amazon is distancing itself from a pilot program launched by police in Jackson, Miss., that will use residents’ doorbell cameras… Read More

Breonna Taylor case sparks Amazon Web Services CEO to call for police ‘culture change’

Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy, who has been at the center of the debate over the use of Amazon… Read More

Seattle tech and business leaders form racial justice coalition, demand police reforms

Hundreds of Seattle-area business and technology leaders formed a coalition this week to push for racial equity at their companies… Read More

Microsoft promises not to sell facial recognition tech to police before Congress passes regulations

Microsoft pledged not to sell facial recognition software to police on Thursday, following similar announcements from Amazon and IBM that… Read More

Is Amazon’s facial recognition moratorium a victory for police reformers or just good PR?

Amazon’s surprise reversal on selling facial recognition software to police this week helped the company earn some goodwill at a… Read More

Seattle police will use body cameras during protests under new policy

The Seattle Police Department said Wednesday that officers will be ordered to turn on their body-worn cameras during protests in… Read More

Amazon bans police use of its Rekognition facial recognition software for one year amid protests

Amazon will ban police use of its facial recognition software for one year, in an abrupt reversal that shows how… Read More

Hundreds of Microsoft employees urge company to cut ties with Seattle PD, call for mayor’s resignation

More than 250 Microsoft employees sent an email urging company leadership to take action in response to nationwide protests for… Read More

Seattle will order police to turn on body cameras during protests despite privacy concerns

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan plans to issue an executive order Monday requiring police to turn on their body cameras during… Read More

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As protests spread across the country, mobile video creates mosaic of violence and tool for change

At Seattle’s Cal Anderson Park on Thursday afternoon, as the sixth day of protests against police violence stretched into the… Read More

Privacy advocates alarmed after Seattle-area police launch online tool to report illegal gatherings

Police in Bellevue, Wash., are asking residents to report violations of the state’s “stay home” order online in an effort… Read More

Axon rolls out police body cameras with live-streaming capability

Police officers equipped with Axon’s next-generation body camera will be able to automatically live-stream shooting incidents using technology similar to… Read More

Amazon’s Ring to let customers opt out of receiving police video requests

Ring, the Amazon-owned home security and video doorbell company, will update its app to let customers opt out of receiving… Read More

Amazon defends Ring’s relationship with police as U.S. senator resurfaces privacy concerns

Amazon is attempting to set the record straight on Ring, the security camera company that the tech giant acquired in… Read More

Axon to add automatic license plate readers to police car systems

Axon, the police tech company formerly known as Taser, will add automatic license plate readers to its cop car dashboards.… Read More

Tech industry continues push to shape federal facial recognition laws

Tech companies developing facial recognition software want to write the rules that will govern the controversial technology. A coalition of… Read More

Amazon takes heat from senator over Ring’s ‘troubling’ relationship with police

News reports detailing the relationship between Amazon-owned Ring and police departments are raising eyebrows in Washington D.C. and at least… Read More

Civil rights activists up in arms over Amazon update adding fear detection to facial recognition tech

Amazon’s latest update to its Rekognition software is renewing an outcry from civil rights groups over facial recognition technology. Amazon… Read More

Police body camera maker Axon bans facial recognition tech over ‘serious concerns’ about bias

Axon is banning facial recognition technology from the products it develops for law enforcement agencies because of “serious concerns” about… Read More

Man fights distracted driving ticket; says police mistook McDonald’s hash brown for cell phone

A driver in Connecticut was not “lovin’ it” when he was pulled over and ticketed by police for distracted driving.… Read More

Seattle police try new tactic to give game streamers and others defense against ‘swatting’ crimes

Law enforcement agencies across the country have found few answers when it comes to dealing with the dangerous and sometimes… Read More